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DISH WASHER. K

No. 397,533. Patented Peb. 12; 18.89.A

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DISH WASHER. No. 397,533.

Patented Peb. 12, 1889.

5 Q) uli/l 1 como VILLIAM BUTTS, O'F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES F. SOMES, OF SAME PLACE.

DISH-WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,533, dated February 12, 1889.

i Application filed April 16, 1887. Serial No. 234,999. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: the bottom B, and a plate, D, placed on the Be it known that I, 'ILLIAM BUTTS, a citioutside of the bottom, and the two plates rivzen of the United States, residing at Chicago, eted to clamp thebottom B between them, a county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have inbearing is formed for support of a vertical vented newand useful Improvements in Dish shaft, H, which extends into the tank and to 55 XVasliers, of which the following is a specifiit is secured arms E, to which are attached agication, reference being had to the accompanytators F G for driving the water through being drawings, two sheets illustrating the intween the dishes in basket K. The shaft H vention, in whichhas a step, J, secured either to the fioorot the 1 Figure l, Sheet l, is a Vertical sectional and wash-room, to the foundation on which the "6o partial side elevation of my improved dishmachine is placed, to a suitable support washer asl constructed for use; Fig. 2, same formed by a wooden or metal stick or tie eX-f'v sheet, an end View of the lower part of Fig. l, tending from one to the other or others of the showing a side View of the gearing; Fig. 3, legs of the tub, or to the bottom of the tank or Sheet 2, a top or plan View on a smaller scale tub. A gear, I, is made fast to the shaft H, 65 than Fig. l, showing one driving-gear and the and a gear, V, on shaft NV meshes into gear tables connected with the washing devices'. I. Adepending standard, 7 is attached to each This invention relates to machines for of the tanks, and its lower end supports the washing dishes; and the nature of the invenouter end of shaft. W', and the outer end of the zo tion, in brief, consists of one or more tanks in shaft supports a sprocket-wheel, Y, .and the 7o which the basket holding the dishes is placed upper end ofV the standard supports a sprocketand the dishes subjected to water forced .onto wheel, Y, of a like construction.A A chain, Z, them by a rotating agitator in the bottom f passes around these sprocket-Wheels, whereby` the tank, acting in combination with deliecta crank, 6, attached to the shaft of the upper ors attached to the inside of thetank; and, sprocket-wheel, may be operated to rotate the 7 further, in combination with the water-tanks agitators E F G in the tank AB.. Each tank a continuous track placed above the washis provided with the same dri ving-gear for the tanks for supporting and moving the basket samepurpose, and with Al'n'a-ckets P, three or. of dishes from one tank to the other, and ca rmore, for thc support ol' the dish-basket K.

3o rying them toa table for drying and removal, This basket is made of strong wircwoven to- 8o and in' uniting the tanks Where more than gether in the ordinary manner with meshes one are used with a surrounding narrow talarge enough for the water in the tank freely ble to prevent water from being splashed onto to pass into it and between the dishes placed the floor. Suitable gearing is employed to rotherein. In the middle portion of the bottom tate theagitators in the bottoms of the Washof the basketis formed a semi-globular eleya- 85 tanks, and defiectors are attached to the intion, N, of wire-workfor the inner tier of .sides of the top portion of the Wash-tanks, ardishes io bear against and be held in partly ranged to break or change the directionof the upright positions-better for the water tobe current created by said agitators, thereby deforced between them..

4o iiectingtoward and tending to keep the water The better action of the water on the dishes, 9o centrally in the tanks, the agitator-s in the which is secured by the construction of the bottoms of the tanks being also constructed semi-globular elevation referred to, is due to throwr the water onto the dishes, asv herein partially to the free and imintcrrupted movevfully described and shown. ment of the water in the space formed there- A BA B represent two tanks, which are by and its rising thereinand moving outward 95 p Y made of suitable material, either wood or upon the dishes.

metal, and for ordinary purposes they should Five rings of wire, l 2 3 4. 5, (more or less,) be about two and one-half feet in diameter. are placed around the support N and sup- The tanks rest on suitable "legs, O, and by ported by wires fastened to them and to the 5o means of'a plate, C, placed on the inside of bottom of the basket, the purpose ot' which roo dishes are pnt and are kept sufficiently apart for Water to come in contact with all sides of them. During the washing process the bas- Y ket rests on the brackets P; but'for the purpose of moving the basket from one tank to the other a three-barred bail, Q, is attached to the rim of the basket, and a rope, R, is attached to the bail and extended over a pulley, 12, in a sheave-block, T, and is brought down and connects with an ordinary sliding lock, S, whereby the basket may be elevated above the tank A Band held in position to be carried on the continuons track U to any point desired. v

De'lecting wings 13 are attached to the inside of the top of the tanks for the purpose of keeping the water in the central portion of the tank and in contact with the dishes in such force as to remove the dirt therefrom. Inasmuch as some little water-,will drip lfrom the dish-basket when being removed from one tank to the other, -a metal table, 9, is secured closely to the tops of the tanks land a rim, 10, is raised around itto keep the water from falling to thenoor.

11 represents a table which may extend in any direction desired from the tanks for the convenience of scraping the dishes, putting them in, or removing thein from the basket.

In practice" the tanks may be filled with hot water, or the Watermay be heated and kept hot in the tanks by steam-coils 14 in the. ordinary manner of heating water Vby steam. Soda or soap maybe used i'n the Water of one tank, if desired, the basket K being in the position shown at Fig. 1, and filled with dishes. 'The crank 6 is to be turned to rotate the agitators in the direction indicated by dart 15,

Fig. 3, for about a half minute. The basket is then removed and placed in the other tank in hot rinsing'water and the agitato'rs rotated,

and from thence removed for the dishes to d'r'y. K represents an ov'erioiv-pipe connecting the tanks, and L q a lower overioW-pipe connecting with a waste-pipe, M.

Where a dish-washer is to be employed in alarge hotel three tanks will' serve a bet-ter purpose, using the first ltank to remove the thickest dirt.

' For all sizes of the washer a suitable number of baskets are to be employed, so that the'- Washing process may go on without interruption.

Having thus described my invention, I elai 1n as new- 1. In dish-washing machines, the tanks A B A B, provided with the rotating agitators E G F, deiiectors 13, and brackets P, in combination with t-he open wire-work dish-basket K, which is provided with the elevated center support, N, and surrounding partitionwies 1 2 3 4 5, as and for the purpose specifie.

2. In a dish-washing machine, the tank A I3, provided with a rotating agitator, E G F, defiectors 13; and brackets P, in combination with an open net-Work dish-basket, which may be placed in said tank and suitable for the reception of dishes, all substantially as and for the purpose specified. f

3. In a dish-Washing machine, the combination of a tank having a rotating agitator therein, delectors arranged to break or change the direction of the current created by the movement of said agitator in the liquid contained in said tub and deflect said liquid or current toward the center of the tub, with an open net-Work ldish basket or receptacle, in which ,dishes or other like articles may be placed and alternately exposed to said currents, or removed therefrom and from-said tub, as an for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM BUTTS.. 

